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Emotions and Leisure
Volume 43, Issue 3, 2024 pages 355-530
Leisure, Inequalities, and the Global South
Volume 42, Issue 3, 2023 pages 328-482
Lockdown Leisure
Volume 42, Issue 1, 2023 pages 1-155
Leisure, Activism, and the Animation of the Urban Environment
Volume 40, Issue 1, 2021 pages 1-137
Leisure and Wellbeing
Volume 39, Issue 1, 2020 pages 1-164
Multispecies leisure: Human-animal interactions in leisure landscapes
Volume 38, Issue 3, 2019 pages 291-451
Leisure Cultures & Glocal Challenges to National Populist Politics, Guest edited by Stanley Thangaraj, Daniel Burdsey, Aarti Ratna, and Erica Rand
Volume 37, Issue 6, 2018 pages 645-765
Human Rights and Events, Leisure and Sport
Volume 37, Issue 1, 2018 pages 1-116
Digital Leisure Cultures
Volume 35, Issue 6, 2016 pages 709-ebi
Leveraging Mega-Events
Volume 34, Issue 6, 2015 pages 627-ebi
The Weekend
Volume 33, Issue 2, 2014 pages 111-246
Leisure, Culture and the Olympic Games
Volume 31, Issue 3, 2012 pages 261-383
Leisure and the politics of the environment
Volume 30, Issue 4, 2011 pages 383-ebi
Sexy Spaces
Volume 30, Issue 2, 2011 pages 117-265
Special Issue on Research Methodologies
Volume 29, Issue 4, 2010 pages 355-ebi
Leisure and Disability
Volume 28, Issue 4, 2009 pages 371-504
Fathering through Leisure
Volume 25, Issue 2, 2006 pages 125-256

Special issue information

Guidelines for Proposals of Special Issues of Leisure Studies

The following guidelines are intended to help in the preparation of a Leisure Studies special issue proposal. Potential Guest Editor(s) should address in no more than 4 pages the following questions using the headings provided.

1. Synopsis

  • In 150 words or fewer what is your special issue about? (What are its main themes and objectives?)

2. Rationale

  • What are you proposing to do differently/more innovatively/better than has already been done on the topic (in Leisure Studies specifically, as well as in the field more generally)?
  • Why is now the time for a special issue on this topic?
  • Why is Leisure Studies the most appropriate venue for this topic?
  • What are the main competing works on the topic? (e.g., edited books, other special issues, etc.)

3. Qualifications

  • Why are you the right person(s) to edit a special issue on this topic? (Why are you an expert in this area? What have you previously written or edited on the topic?)
  • Have you edited/co-edited a special issue before? (If yes, please give the citation/s)
  • Have you edited/co-edited a book before? (If yes, please give the citation/s)
  • Do you currently serve on any journal editorial boards or journal advisory boards? (If yes, please list)
  • [In addition to the proposal please provide a brief (two page maximum) curriculum vitae for each person involved in the proposal]

4. Timeline

  • Given that it takes approximately 12 months to complete a special issue, please provide a detailed timeline including estimated dates or time frames for the following steps:

-Call for papers
-Submission deadline
-Review process
-Revision process
-Copy editing
-Final editing

5. Proposals & Queries

Please contact the Leisure Studies Journal Administrator or one of the Managing Editors (details on the Leisure Studies Journal Website) if you wish to discuss a proposal or have any questions.

Source & Acknowledgement: This is a revised version of information supplied by the Sociology of Sport Journal and is for guidance only in the creation of a special issue call for papers.